Concordance of race or ethnicity of interventionists and caregivers of dementia patients: Relationship to attrition and treatment outcomes in the REACH study

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-455

  McGinnis, Kathleen A ^a,b   Schulz, Richard ^b   Stone, Roslyn A ^c   Klinger, Julie ^b   Mercurio, Rocco ^c  

^a University Center for Social and Urban Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; CES D; Concordance; Race or ethnicity; RMBPC

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748654411     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.4.449     Document Type: Article

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